Raven's POV Dara's documentation went through Lord Thorne's office on a Thursday morning. By the afternoon, his contact on the council confirmed it had been received and logged, and that the faction's inquiry had stalled at the processing stage because there was nothing left to question once the formal acknowledgment was on the record. Alaric told me when I got back from my afternoon lecture. I sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "Just like that?" "Just like that," he said. "After everything," I said. "All of it, and it came down to a document submitted on a Thursday afternoon." "Most things do eventually," he said. "The fighting is loud, but the ending is usually quiet." I sat for a moment, then went to the wardrobe and took out the envelope Maren had given me. I placed it on the desk, opened it, and looked at the photographs again. Not for the first time, but with different eyes. The first time, I searched for myself in them. This time, I simply saw them for what they w
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